“She knew the future” — Fans react to Alice Oseman’s old post with Nick and Charlie as Hulkling and Wiccan ahead of Joe Locke’s Agatha All Along role
Alice Oseman drew Heartstopper's Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring, portrayed by Kit Connor and Joe Locke as Marvel’s Hulkling and Wiccan years before Locke was cast as Wiccan. The resurfaced tweet from October 25, 2019, went viral, showing the beloved Heartstopper characters embracing each other while dressed as the Marvel characters.
The Heartstopper author's 2019 tweet stated that the drawing was made "2 years ago." It was also accompanied by a Tumblr link, which currently seems to be broken.
SPOILER WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS TO 'AGATHA ALL ALONG'
On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, Joe Locke's teen character in Disney and Marvel's Agatha All Along was revealed to be Billy (Wiccan), the son of Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The show's fifth episode revelation sparked the sudden interest in Oseman's aforementioned tweet from 2019.
Social media users could not believe such a picture existed years before Locke's casting. One X user, @berkbilas, tweeted:
"omgg she knew the future😭"
Similar reactions followed as netizens remarked how Alice Oseman had "manifested" the casting of Joe Locke as Wiccan. Here are a few other X reactions to Oseman's tweet:
Some social media users said they were "manifesting" Locke's Heartstopper co-star Kit Connor's casting as Hulkling, while others were not fans of the idea. Meanwhile, one user called the author a "psychic."
'Agatha All Along' introduced Joe Locke as Wiccan
The fifth episode of Agatha All Along premiered on October 9. The episode finally confirmed fans' much-anticipated suspicions that Joe Locke's character was the superhero known as Wiccan, whose real name was Billy Kaplan. The Marvel superhero is also the son of the MCU's Scarlet Witch, portrayed by Elizabeth Olsen
Up until the fifth episode of the show, titled Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power, Locke's character was simply known as 'Teen.' A much younger version of the same character was portrayed in 2021's Wandavision by Julian Hilliard.
The final shot of the fifth episode saw Billy sporting a crown similar to the Scarlet Witch and looking directly into the camera while Billie Eilish's You Should See Me in a Crown played in the background.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, published on October 14, Locke revealed that he wasn't well-acquainted with the history of Billy Kaplan but was inundated with the character's comic book history after he took on the role. Regarding what the future might hold for his character, Joe Locke said:
"In my ideal world, Billy would become the next head of the Avengers and be in every Marvel thing ever, but there are higher things at play,"
He added:
"I had the most amazing experience filming on Agatha and being a part of the Marvel family and would love to do that until the day I die. But who knows? I don't. I'm sure someone does."
Agatha All Along is currently available to stream on Disney Plus. The sixth episode of the show, starring Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness, will premiere on Wednesday, October 16.
